C.D. Cuenca
Squad
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Career & Clubs
Foundation
In 1970 the desire was born to form a professional soccer team in the city of Cuenca. This desire was shaped through Alejandro Serrano Aguilar (mayor of the city then), Polivio Vázquez and Alfredo Pena. The citizen's endorsement was immediate before the initiative headed by the mayor, therefore the Commission of Sports was satisfied to Gilbert Sotomayor, Ricardo Ordóñez and Bolívar Lupercio, whose first management was to obtain the acceptance of the Ecuadorian Federation of Soccer so that the professional team of the city could participate in the professional level. By means of the session celebrated in February 1971 in the "Salón de la Ciudad" of the Very Illustrious Municipality of Cuenca, the project became a reality, and it was then that Deportivo Cuenca was born. A month later, the Association of Soccer funded the Asociación de Fútbol no Amateur del Azuay (AFA) (Association of Soccer non-Amateur of Azuay). As a club the first decisions were taken: the uniform would be red and yellow with a T-shirt to vertical rays, the first Technical Director was Carlos Alberto Raffo, the first contracted foreign soccer players were Rodolfo Piazza, the Paraguayan Luis Martínez who achieved the first team's goal, and Gerald Laterza. In its start, the team was known as the "Franela Roja" (Red Bandana).
Historical performance
Originally, and throughout most of its existence, the team was never a contender to the title, and never received much attention…
- League
- Ecuador Serie A
Legacy
National
Serie A Winners (1): 2004 Serie B Winners (2): 1972 E2, 1995
Regional
Segunda Categoría del Azuay Winners (2): 1983, 1984
Archive
Passport
Identifiers & aliases
Club Deportivo Cuenca is an Ecuadorian football club based in Cuenca. They currently play in the Serie A, the top-flight football league in the country, and is one of two clubs from Cuenca to have played in the top-flight.
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